Weber, Samuel

Samuel Weber is Professor of Humanities at Northwestern University and co-director of its Paris program in Critical Theory. As a former student of Adorno and de Man, his work has been decisively informed by the critical heritage of the Frankfurt School and deconstruction. In the past four decades, he has become one of the most influential interpreters and innovators of both these theoretical trends. From 1977, he was founding editor of Glyph, a periodical which catalyzed critical theory for several years in the US. His analyses have focused on diverse topics in literature, philosophy, psychoanalysis, theatre and media studies, and political theory. He has published monographs on Balzac, Freud, Lacan, and more recently, Benjamin. His other books focus on questions of institutionalization, interpretation, technics, mediality, theatricality, and related theological and political implications. He is also known as an English translator of the works of Adorno and Derrida.